頭を抱える – Vocabulary details

頭あたまを抱かかえる

Expression

Verb (1-dan)

Idiomatic

1. to be at wits' end; to be greatly perplexed; to be troubled

息むす子この成せい績せきの悪わるさに頭あたまを抱かかえている。I'm at my wits' end over my son's poor grades.

head

hug

head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top

to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)

私わたしはまた頭あたまを抱かかえた。

I put my head in my hands again.

彼かの女じょは頭あたまを抱かかえて唸うなる。

She holds her head and groans.

息むす子この成せい績せきの悪わるさに頭あたまを抱かかえている。

I'm at my wits' end over my son's poor grades.

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